Our world is crammed with technology which is always changing. Frankly it is getting harder to keep up with. I am an “in person” kind of person. I loved performing in front of a live audience. I would never have been comfortable performing in movies in front of a camera. On the stage you are sharing a unique relationship with the audience. The emotions that you express are felt by those attending. That powerful energy is transferred from actor to audience. It is electric. Your heart is open and is opening the hearts of those who are watching. I will never forget the death scene in the musical Carousel. A young, pregnant girl traveling home from a picnic discovers the body of her husband who is mortally injured as she travels along the road. He dies in her arms. I don’t think that the audience expected the lead character to die. I remember how stunned I was to hear people in the audience sniffling and blowing their noses.
When you create art in a studio with other people that same creative energy is present and shared in a powerful way. All you have to do is open your heart.
“He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands. his head, and his heart, is an artist.” -Saint Francis of Assisi
To see more of Linda’s art go to: starhousetreasures@instagram.com
Here are some ways to open your heart:
Spend quality time with a child.
See a live performance of a quality play.
Take quiet time to write in a journal. Write down memories or times that your heart was touched.